It took just about everything I could muster to pull my daughter away from a Giant Bella at the LBS. Nice little bike, but I just can't justify spending almost $200 on a bike she'll outgrow within a year. (And another one next year, and another one after that...) As for gearing, I don't see many kids' bikes with multiple gears. Thinking back to my own childhood, I did some pretty gnarly climbs on single-speed BMX bikes. Do you really have your heart set on multiple gears?